Railway-car.



J. P. LEGGETT.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.17,1913.

1,073,429. Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Inventor J. F. Leggabb COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTGN. D. c.

Josn'rrr r. sneer-Err, or cam-anon, MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Sept. 16,1913

Application filed February 17, 1913. SriaI'No: 748,844.

To all 221 10712, it may] concern I,

Be it known that I, Josnm r P Lnoonr'r', a citizen. of the United StatesofAmer-ica, and a resident of Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State ot Missouri, have iiivented certain new and useful Improvements in hallway-Car's, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXac'tdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, tormfingp'art of this specification.

Myinventioh relates to railway car construction and more particularly to the construction of cars for use upon street railways, the invention having for its object to furnish a car in which there will be at one time a maximum'ot passenger space, with all of the passengers or the major number of passengers standing, and with provision for seating accomniodatron of passengers when there is no necessity for the maximum car pac y 1 The incentive for my present invention is found in necessity for the transportation by railway. companies, especially street railway companies, of large numbers of people from or to points of congregation, and under the condition where such people, are desirous of transportation with slight delay even at the discomfort of standing in the conveyance furnishing the transportation. As illustrations of points ofsu'oh congregation I would mention ball parks, fairs of various kinds, and places of amusement in general, where large mimbers of people congregate. a

Figure I is a viewillustratifn-g portion of a railway car in horizontal section constructed in accordance with my invention. Flg. II 18 a longitudinal, vertical section of the structure illustrated in Fig. I.

Instead of using, in my car, the usual fixed, permanent seats, I utilize convertible seats which may at one time serve as seats for the passengers of the car when there is no necessity for taxing its capacity, and which may at another time, when there is necessity for utilizing the car to its maximum or approximate maximum capacity, be adjusted to positions that will afiord greater standing room for the passengers, and furnish means which may be grasped by them for support.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the side walls of a railway car of ordinary construction.

2 designates stationary uprights extending transversely from the car side walls and preferably spaced equi-distant from each other similarly to the spacing of the backs of seats as ordinarily arranged in railway care. These uprights have a triple function, that they serve one time as partitions creating sub-divisions of the space within the car,- and also as supports which maybe grasped by passengers while standing between the uprights; and serve at another time as means for supporting seat bottoms adjusted thereto, and as back members against which passengers may rest when 00- cnpying the seat bottoms. The uprights are provided with front and rear shoulders or lips 3 having utility to be hereinafter specified.

4 designates vertical risers permanently positioned between the uprights 2, and equidistant therefrom. These risers are of a height corresponding approximately to the elevation of the bases of seat bottoms as ordinarily present in railway cars.

5' are seat bottoms hinged or pivoted to risers 4 and adapted to be disposed in vertical positions,thereabove, parallel with the passengers.

In the illustration, Fig. I, the seat bottoms 5 are all disposed vertically and as a consequence the car with the seat bottoms so disposed aflords a maximum carrying capacity for passengers who may stand between the risers 2 and the seat bottoms, with opportunity for each passenger to grasp and hold a support when riding in the car, the support being either one of the uprights or one of the vertically disposed seat bottoms.

It will be apparent that by the construc tion described I furnish narrow compartments between the uprights and risers in each of which only a single row of passengers may stand, so that all passengers are provided with supports which may be grasped by them while facing the front of the car, and Without any opportunity of the passengers being crowded when standing between the uprights and risers. I

' It is obviously necessary in the construction of my car to furnish means by which the seat bottoms may be held in vertical positions when they are utilized as supports for standing passengers and any suitable means for holding them in vertical positions may be utilized. Inasmuch, however, as I preferably provide for the seat bottoms being ing the seat bottoms in vertical alinement with the risers beneath them. The latches 6 are mounted in suitable supports therefore secured to the side walls of the car, and it will be obvious that, if needed, similar seat bottom holding means may be provided to engage the edges of the seat bottoms farthest removed from the walls of the car.

I claim 1. In a car, the combination of permanently positioned uprights spaced from each other, permanently positioned risers between said uprights, seat bottoms movably fitted to said risers, the said seat bottoms being adjustable to horizontal positions between the risers and uprights and into vertical alinement with said risers, and means for holding the seat bottoms in vertical alinement with said risers.

2. In a car, the combination of permanently positioned uprights spaced from each other, permanently positioned. risers between said uprights, seat bottoms movably fitted to said risers and adjustable in either direct-ion therefrom to horizontal positions Copies of this patent may be obtained for between the risers and either oftwo, up-

rights adjacent to the risers to which the seat bottoms are fitted, the seat bottoms be- 7 ing also adjustable into vertical alinement with said risers, and means for holding the seat bottoms in vertical alinement with said risers. p

3. In a car, the combination of permanently positioned uprights spaced from each other, permanently positioned risers between said uprights, seat bottoms movably fitted nently positioned uprights spaced from each other, permanently positioned risers between said uprights, seat bottoms pivoted to said seat bottoms being also adjustable into vertical alinement with said risers, and means for holding the seat bottoms in vertical alinement with said risers.

5. In a car, the combination of nently positioned uprights spaced from each other, permanently positioned risers between said uprights, seat bottoms pivoted to said risers and movable into horizontal positions at either side of the risers to which theyare pivoted and into engagement with uprights; adjacent to said risers, the saidseat bottoms being also adjust-able into vertical alinement perma- 7 with said risers, and latch devices for holding the seatbottoms in vertical alinement withsaid risers.

' JOSEPH vP. LEGGETT. In the presence ofr V j V SIDNEY KNIGHT, I. O. HonsoN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1L0.

7O risers and adjustable to horizontal positions between the risers and said uprights, the 

